Victoria Arlen Quotes

If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.

I've never been able to lift my own weight, and the day when you have that capacity, it's pretty empowering!

The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, 'Wow, these are things I didn't realize I was capable of.'

I'm going to talk about my struggles and come-up.

Of course, I was 19 years old, and I suddenly lost my legs. It was extremely traumatic at the time, but I'm so beyond that. I've done so much with my life.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

You are never asked to do more than you are able without being given the strength and ability to do it.

I don't get bitter, I just get better.

I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

You break your neck, you don't know what's going to happen. I mean, it's foreign. You're in this body that you thought you were - that you were accustomed to, and now you're not. You have to figure out everything. I think the biggest thing for me was getting a license, because it gives you - it gives you your independence back.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

It finally became clear to me that they had no hopes of my ever walking again.

You cannot change everything you face and you cannot also change anything without facing it.